Showing posts with label the patriarchal medical establishment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the patriarchal medical establishment. Show all posts
Saturday, December 19, 2015

5 Things to Know About Natural Birth (Or at least my take on it)

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    This was not on the list of regularly scheduled programming, but I got tagged like 3 times in a post about natural birth and I've ha...
Sunday, January 18, 2015

Virtue as the Mean

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     About a week ago I found this article in the Washington Post.  It is the experience of one woman, a self-described "physician, te...
Sunday, June 1, 2014

A Scary New Trend

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    My apologies if this seems like one of my ranty posts, but I’m starting to get kind of annoyed with a new trend that seems to be poppin...
Monday, December 9, 2013

Just...no.

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    This has got to stop. I mean, excuse my language, but are you fucking kidding me? This morning this article came up in my newsfeed. ht...
Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Why I Want to Do Birth Work (And Why I Don't Hate Doctors)

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   Before I get into the particulars of why I want to pursue birth related work, I want to get some things straight. I know there is a stigm...
Monday, May 20, 2013

Babies- Apparently Some Preparation Required

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      I had big plans for when the semester was over and I would have all this free time to get ready for the baby. Projects I would complet...
Friday, February 15, 2013

The Birth Plan

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     If I have talked to you about birth, I have probably told you to make a birth plan. While some doctors and nurses will scoff at the ide...
Friday, December 7, 2012

The Illusion of Informed Consent

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    I hadn't thought much about the role informed consent would play in my pregnancy and childbirth. I knew I would eventually make up a...